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n+1 Issue 33: Overtime
by n+1 (editor)

n+1 Issue 33: Overtime
by n+1 (editor)

n+1 Issue 33: Overtime
by n+1 (editor)

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The Painful Sum of Things

on V. S. Naipaul

by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra

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Saval, N. and Mishra, P. (2018). The Painful Sum of Things. n+1, 33, pp. 159-178

succor (en)

assistance and support in times of hardship and distress

163

his Islamophobic comments that gave succor to Hindutva

—p.163 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

his Islamophobic comments that gave succor to Hindutva

—p.163 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

trammeled (en)

(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

165

honesty for Naipaul too often meant the untrammeled expression of extreme prejudice

—p.165 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

honesty for Naipaul too often meant the untrammeled expression of extreme prejudice

—p.165 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
notable
4 years, 8 months ago

fatuous (en)

(adjective) complacently or inanely foolish; silly

166

it seems fatuous that so many reviews upheld him as a reliable witness to the convulsions of third worldism

—p.166 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

it seems fatuous that so many reviews upheld him as a reliable witness to the convulsions of third worldism

—p.166 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

sententia (en)

a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context; as an adjective, means either given to aphoristic expression, or just referring to an aphoristic expression. or: 'in a way that tries to sound important or intelligent, especially by expressing moral judgements'

166

Naipaul performs the sententious figure of caricature

—p.166 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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Naipaul performs the sententious figure of caricature

—p.166 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

stentorian (en)

(adjective) extremely loud

166

one stentorian pronouncement follows another

—p.166 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

one stentorian pronouncement follows another

—p.166 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

misprision (en)

(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves

167

Whatever the misprision, these writings were twinned for me

—p.167 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

Whatever the misprision, these writings were twinned for me

—p.167 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

sacralizing (en)

imbue with or treat as having a sacred character or quality

170

notions of individual responsibility and private entrepreneurship that were subsequently sacralized by the Reagan-Thatcher revolution in the 1980s

—p.170 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
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4 years, 8 months ago

notions of individual responsibility and private entrepreneurship that were subsequently sacralized by the Reagan-Thatcher revolution in the 1980s

—p.170 by Nikil Saval, Pankaj Mishra
notable
4 years, 8 months ago